ANST - Merkin

[Timothy A. McDaniel]

I shouldn't ... really I shouldn't ...

Valencia <avicenna at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> In my little book of Lost Words, one definition of merkin
> is a "mop for swabbing cannons." How this associates with
> "the other definition" is at best, perplexing.

Simple.  One can absorb liquids when a ramrod is being thrust
into a borehole.  The other is used with cannons.

Daniel "*THWACK* 'BAD DANIEL!'" de Lincolia
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